"HK" wrote in message
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Ethel Smith was one of the greatest Hammond players who ever lived. She
played the B3 like no one else I have ever heard. My father was an
advanced amateur theater and pop tune organist, and took us to several
Smith concerts and shows. She was just amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9qlWyk-7Q

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiHas...eature=related



I taught her how to play that.... (yeah, right)

Here's another Youtube of a guy playing a Wersi. He's good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkk4...eature=related

Eisboch

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The B3 is the portable version of the C3. It's really no bigger than the
average
spinet piano. If you want the B3 sound in an even smaller console, there
was a
model M3 which many called "the Baby B3". It sounds exactly like the B3
and C3,
but lacks the presets and has only 12 bass pedals (one octave range)

M3's are really old now, but you can find them in amazingly good restored
condition. The biggest issue is the old paper capacitors, which get
replaced
with modern electrolytics as a very standard procedure.



That's one of the problems of an older Hammond ... even fully restored.
They tend to require service often.

I considered the newer "Porta-B" (I think that's what it's called) but the
XK3 is reported to be even more refined in terms of producing the original
B3 sounds. Plus, it's expandable ... you can add the lower manual and full
foot pedals later. Right now I am looking for the basic upper manual and
small 2101 Leslie ...

http://www.hammondorgan.co.uk/b3/leslie.htm

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
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The B3 is the portable version of the C3. It's really no bigger than the
average
spinet piano. If you want the B3 sound in an even smaller console, there
was a
model M3 which many called "the Baby B3". It sounds exactly like the B3
and C3,
but lacks the presets and has only 12 bass pedals (one octave range)

M3's are really old now, but you can find them in amazingly good restored
condition. The biggest issue is the old paper capacitors, which get
replaced
with modern electrolytics as a very standard procedure.



That's one of the problems of an older Hammond ... even fully restored.
They tend to require service often.

I considered the newer "Porta-B" (I think that's what it's called) but the
XK3 is reported to be even more refined in terms of producing the original
B3 sounds. Plus, it's expandable ... you can add the lower manual and full
foot pedals later. Right now I am looking for the basic upper manual and
small 2101 Leslie ...

http://www.hammondorgan.co.uk/b3/leslie.htm

Eisboch



My wife and youngest daughter play a Roland Digital Piano
(http://www.roland.com/products/en/_s...sp=0&iCncd=693)
I had to check to see if it actually included a Lesley effect, but
supposedly it does have a good one. While my son played around with the
effects some, it really is used as a Grand Piano 99.99999% of the time,

I can remember when every cover band had to have a lesley.

"Reginald Smithers III" wrote in message
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I can remember when every cover band had to have a lesley.


For those interested in the history of Hammond organs and of the Leslie
speaker system (originally called the "Vibratone") :

http://www.mitatechs.com/leslierumors.html

Eisboch

JimH wrote:

This is sounding like a Brady Bunch rerun.

Jim, what do you mean ... "sounding like" ?